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Nov. 12, 2007 / Gordon Price

Big Idea from Smallworks

The other day The Tyee asked me for an idea that I think has traction: something that will shape our city…
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Sep. 10, 2007 / Gordon Price

Lazy, jesting cynicism

In the op-ed I wrote for the Sun a few days ago, I noted the prevalence of a tendency in…
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Aug. 31, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Perfect and the Good

A good piece in The Tyee by Cynthia Yoo, reporting from the frontlines of the rental housing crunch. … my…
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Aug. 23, 2007 / Gordon Price

Gotcha

Cheeying Ho of Smart Growth BC has an op-ed in today’s Vancouver Sun.  It’s a response to the  ecodenialists: Cheryl…
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Aug. 02, 2007 / Gordon Price

Transportation and EcoDensity: the Video

Just out: Between March and May 2007 the City of Vanocuver invited luminaries from across North America to participate in…
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Jun. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

Toderian on EcoDensity, Part 1

Brent Toderian has just posted his latest entry on the Planetizen blog – Part 1 on EcoDensity. An excerpt: The…
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May. 22, 2007 / Gordon Price

Full frontage taxation

Here’s a provocative comment from a PT reader whom I’ll keep anonymous – not because he wouldn’t mind his name…
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Apr. 06, 2007 / Gordon Price

EcoDensity: Playing the Real Estate Game

This is one of the best articles written so far on EcoDensity (and a certain planning director thinks so too).…
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Apr. 02, 2007 / Gordon Price

Something grand about going small

From the National Post   Brian Hutchinson National Post Monday, April 02, 2007 CREDIT: Steve Bosch, CanWest News Service A…
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Feb. 15, 2007 / Gordon Price

Look up: Eco-Density Infill?

I must have missed this: the 2006 winners of Best Practices in Affordable Housing, according to CMHC (they do so much…

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